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Table 1 Demographic characteristic of suspected Yellow Fever (YF) patients received in the laboratory from 2010 to 2020

From: Sustained circulation of yellow fever virus in Cameroon: an analysis of laboratory surveillance data, 2010–2020

Characteristic

YF positive

(N = 360)

YF negative

(N = 19,901)

*P value

All patients

(N = 20,261)

Age (y); mean ± SD

22.6 ± 16.4

19.1 ± 16.9

P < 0.0001

19.2 ± 16.9

Age groups

    

 Pediatric (0–14y)

127

9774

P < 0.0001

9901

 Adults (15–64y)

226

9709

 

9935

 Geriatric (≥ 65y)

7

418

 

425

Gender

    

 Male

226

12,075

P = 0.445

12,301

 Female

133

7777

 

7910

 Unknown

1

49

 

50

Vaccination status

    

 Vaccinated

119

5048

P = 0.0011

5167

 Unvaccinated/

241

14,853

 

15,094

  1. *Results having a P value < 0.005 were considered statistically significant